Thursday, March 01, 2012

"Frankenweenie" Trailer

The original "Frankenweenie" short-film - about a monster-movie obsessed kid who ressurects his dead dog with mad science told in as a black-and-white Frankenstein parody - is like a time-capsule of what used to make Tim Burton such and exciting voice in filmmaking.

Eh. I dunno. The Tim Burton short film it reminds me the most of is Vincent, which was much more interesting to me. Still, it looks interesting, so I'll probably give it a glance. And the reason they keep reminding us of Alice in Wonderland is because it grossed OVER A BILLION DOLLARS! So that's why.

Also, without clicking on the link, was that movie that keeps us giving him second chances Ed Wood (IE his best movie)? Or Sweeney Todd? Or Big Fish? Sleepy Hollow? Edward Scissorhands? Corpse Bride? It better be Corpse Bride, that's the one this reminds me of. (And the point of that is, recent missteps aside, Tim Burton has done some DAMN fine films, so how about we be a tiny bit forgiving).

*click* Oh. Nightmare. We are all aware he didn't direct that, right? Just produced and co-wrote? Okay, just checking.

I'll admit it. I grinned a little watching this. Mostly because I vaguely remember seeing the original short when I was a kid. I really hope Tim Burton's got a winner here, because the last movie his that I saw and liked was the "Charle and the Chocolate Factory" movie. It had its share of problems and Gene Wilder will always be Willy Wonka to me, but I still kinda enjoyed it nontheless.

Isn't Burton working with Depp with 'Dark Shadows'? It's probably the reason why the guy's not in this film. I;'m also awaiting for 'ParaNorman' even though it would have benefited from being released in October.

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Bob is a part-time independent filmmaker, part-time amateur film critic and full time Movie Geek. He is heterosexual, a pisces, and a severely lapsed Catholic. He is a tireless enemy of censorship, considers his personal politics "Libertine" and enjoys acting as a full time irritant to overly serious people of ALL political stripes.